By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Johnny Depp called his ex-wife’s accusations of sexual and physical abuse “insane” Wednesday as he returned to the witness stand in his libel suit against Amber Heard. “Ridiculous, humiliating, ludicrous, painful, savage, unbelievably brutal, cruel, and all false,” Depp said when asked about his reaction
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting signaled the central bank intends to move “expeditiously” to raise interest rates back to more neutral levels in its fight to tame inflation. The
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said President Joe Biden is laser-focused on knocking down sky-high gasoline prices, though she concedes that even the most powerful person on the planet has limited influence to do that. “He’s obsessed with the fact that gas prices are so high and people are hurting,” Granholm
Continue Reading RENO, Nev. (AP) — A California man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a Reno woman whose 5-year-old son told police he pretended to be dead after the killer started firing nearly two dozen gunshots in their motel room. Lamar Adams, 49, of Richmond, pleaded guilty earlier to one count of first-degree
Continue ReadingBy Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Sixty-five City of Minneapolis employees signed a letter calling the City Coordinator’s Office (CCO) a toxic and racist workplace. The CCO provides administrative and management services for the city. That letter led to a strong push from city employees and others on
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter’s regularly scheduled shareholder meeting Wednesday didn’t include a vote on Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for the social platform. That vote will take place at a yet-undetermined date in the future. But the drama surrounding that offer — almost all of it created by Musk himself
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he will travel to Uvalde, Texas, in the near future to meet the families of the 19 children and two teachers killed during a horrific school shooting. “Jill and I will be traveling to Texas in the coming days to meet
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from gun industry groups challenging a New York law that permits civil lawsuits against companies for conduct found to have endangered public safety. US District Judge Mae D’Agostino — a Barack Obama appointee for the Northern District of New York — rejected the arguments
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced bipartisan fury from House lawmakers Wednesday over months of delays investigating problems at the nation’s largest baby formula plant that prompted an ongoing shortage. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf laid out a series of setbacks in congressional testimony
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter While the Supreme Court has been working behind closed doors on its first major Second Amendment opinion in more than a decade, three mass shootings have broken the country, including Tuesday’s massacre of 19 schoolchildren in Texas. Closed off from public view, the justices are penning opinions
Continue ReadingCNN, NBA TNT By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter While the Supreme Court has been working behind closed doors on its first major Second Amendment opinion in more than a decade, three mass shootings have broken the country, including Tuesday’s massacre of 19 schoolchildren in Texas. Closed off from public view, the justices
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NFL lost a bid Wednesday to scuttle a lawsuit by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden accusing the league of a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” to force him to resign last October, including the leaking of offensive emails he wrote. A Nevada judge ruled
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter on Wednesday held what could be its last annual shareholder meeting as a public company for a long time after Elon Musk agreed to take it private in a $44 billion deal. But the meeting took place against the backdrop of ongoing drama over Musk’s attempts to pause the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Minutos antes de su letal tiroteo en Uvalde, Texas, Salvador Ramos presuntamente envió una serie de escalofriantes mensajes de texto a una adolescente que conoció en línea, describiendo cómo había disparado a su abuela y se disponía a “llenar de balas una escuela primaria”. Según las capturas de pantalla revisadas por
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News Channel 3 is partnering with Leadership Coachella Valley and other valley organizations to sponsor a baby necessities drive benefitting the Galilee Center. We’re accepting donations throughout the entire month of May here at KESQ or at the locations listed below: News Channel 3, Telemundo 15 & La Poderosa 96.7 FM31276 Dunham Way Thousand Palms,
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Tom Kenny, the voice of Spongebob Squarepants, will be performing rock ‘n soul with his band Thursday, May 25 at the Cascade Lounge at Agua Caliente Palm Springs. For tickets. visit EventsPalmSprings.com
Continue Reading BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A California man convicted of kidnapping an 11-year-old Idaho girl could be released from prison after five to seven months if he successfully completes a treatment program. Third District Judge Randall Grove on Tuesday sentenced Brian Sangjoon Lee to up to 10 years in prison, but retained jurisdiction and said Sangjoon
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN Officials from the Interior Department and the White House announced Wednesday they will spend $33 million to clean up 277 idle oil and gas wells on federal lands in nine states. Wednesday’s funding allocation will go to clean up so-called orphaned wells in national forests and national parks in California, Kentucky,
Continue Reading SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Daniel Susac hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning for his second of the game, and fifth-seeded Arizona beat No. 4 seed Oregon 8-6 on Wednesday to open the inaugural Pac-12 Tournament. Arizona (36-21) bounced back from getting swept in Eugene, Oregon, last weekend to advance to the winner’s bracket
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PETA is offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for shooting a puppy with an arrow in Desert Hot Springs. The four-month-old female Chihuahua puppy was found early Monday morning by a good samaritan on the 15500 block of Avenida Florencita, near Camino
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